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7th grade US History Final Exam Flashcards

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President to the ordinary people in 1828

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Andrew Jackson

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Where was the Inauguration party

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The White house

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3
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Jackson criticized for:

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Giving jobs to his supporters

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4
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Person who led the fight for nullification

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John C. Calhoun

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5
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He resigned his job at the:

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Vice president

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6
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First state to threaten to leave the Union

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South Carolina

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7
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This person helped the North and South to reach a compromise

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Henry Clay

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8
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Bank of the US director

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Nicholas Biddle

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9
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Result in Jackson vetoing the bank

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Huge inflation

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10
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New political party in 1843:

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The Whig party

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11
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Won the election of 1836:

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Martin Van Buren

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12
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Won election of 1840:

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William Henry Harrison

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13
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Indians forced to move to:

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Oklahoma

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14
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How many Choctaw Indians died on the trip

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25%

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15
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Georgia Indians tried to adapt to American culture

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Cherokee

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16
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Where was gold discovered that the Indians were forced to move

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Georgia

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17
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Group of fighting Indians from Florida

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Seminoles

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18
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Where did mountain men trade goods?

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Rendevous

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19
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Average length of time to travel the Oregon trail

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6 months

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20
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Founded the Mormons

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Joseph Smith

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21
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President who wanted manifest destiny

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James K. Polk

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22
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Main issue in expansion

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Slavery

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23
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Became US territory in 1848

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Oregon

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24
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In border dispute, Mexico claimed this river as the border

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Nuesces river

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25
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US general who fought close to the Rio Grande

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Zachary Taylor

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26
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Where was the Bear Flag revolt?

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California

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27
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City captured than ended the Mexican War

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Mexico City

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28
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In the 1830’s and 40’s California mainly consisted of

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Mexicans and Indians

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29
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City grew rapidly with the Gold Rush

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San Fransisco

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30
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Group from Asia that came to America due to economic hardship

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Chinese

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31
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What made it possible to spin thread faster

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The Water Frame

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32
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Most factories would be built by

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Rivers and streams

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33
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Country ahead of others in manufacturing

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Great Britain

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34
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Memorized plans and brought them to the US

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Samuel Slater

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35
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Invented interchangeable parts

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Eli Whitney

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36
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Who did Francis Lowell hire

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Young,unmarried women

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37
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What made factory workers upset with immigrants

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Immigrants worked for cheaper pay

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38
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Developed to improve pay and working conditions

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Unions

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39
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Invented steam engine

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Robert Fulton

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40
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Mode of transportation very popular in the 1840’s

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Railroads

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41
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Main transportation hub

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Chicago

42
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Replaced wood as the main source of power

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Coal

43
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Samuel Morse invented

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The telegraph

44
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What replaced water powered factories

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Steam powered factories

45
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Invented the steel plow

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John Deere

46
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Staple crop of the South

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Cotton

47
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Country became a huge trading partner for cotton

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Great Britain

48
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These people controlled political life

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Rich planters

49
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Most white southerners were

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Small farmers

50
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People who made sure slaves worked hard

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Slave drivers

51
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Common flooring in most slave cabins

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Dirt

52
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Most important aspect of slave culture

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Family

53
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Most slaves would sing

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Spirituals

54
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What happened to slaves when they were caught trying to escape

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Caught and punished

55
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What brought many immigrants from Ireland

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Irish Potato Famine

56
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Germans came for

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Religious freedom and economics

57
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Conflicts between these two groups

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Catholics and Protestants

58
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Cities were developed because of

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Industrial revolution and Transportation revolution

59
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Problems with living in the city

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Lack of safe housing,criminal activity,fires

60
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Emerson wrote that:

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You should follow your own beliefs

61
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Thoreau wrote about

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Self reliance

62
Q

American Romanticism focused on

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Interest in nature, individual expression, rejection of established rules

63
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Leader of 2nd Great Awakening

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Charles Finney

64
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Social reformers spoke out against the evils of

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Alcohol

65
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Man helped raised teacher salaries

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Horace Mann

66
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First college to accept African Americans

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Oberlin

67
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Country in Africa founded as a colony of freed slaves

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Liberia

68
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Helped spread the word of abolishing slavery

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Pamphlets,speaking tours, and newspapers

69
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Issue was avoided in the government in the 1840’s

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Slavery

70
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New land acquired after this war caused a big dispute over slavery

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Mexican American war

71
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This state would shift the balance of power

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California

72
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Compromise of 1850 drafted by

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Henry Clay

73
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California would enter as a _______ state

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Free

74
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With the fugitive slave act many slaves fled to

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Canada

75
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The Democratic nominee in the election of 1852

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Franklin Pierce

76
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The Whig nominee in the election of 1852

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Winifield Scott

77
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Introduced the Kansas-Nebraska slave act

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Stephen Douglas

78
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City in Kansas where people set fires and looted

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Lawrence

79
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In Congress Brooks used this as a weapon

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His Cane

80
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Party formed to unite against slavery

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Republican

81
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Party disappeared after the election of 1852

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Whig

82
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American Party nominee in the election of 1856

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Millard Fillmore

83
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Democratic Party nominee

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James Buchanan

84
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Republican party nominee

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John C. Freemont

85
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The supreme court ruled that slaves were considered

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Property

86
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The Douglas/Lincoln match up was for

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Slavery

87
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Fate of John Brown after Harper’s Ferry

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Arrested and hung

88
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Won the election of 1860:

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Abraham Lincoln

89
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First state to secede from the Union

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South Carolina

90
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3,000 women served as

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Nurses

91
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Color of the Union’s uniforms

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Blue

92
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Color of Confederate uniforms

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Gray

93
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What was odd about the first battle at bull run

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Spectators watched it

94
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City the Union was trying to capture in the East

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Richmond

95
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Led the Union army in the West

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Ulysses S. Grant

96
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Union captured this large city and gateway to the Mississippi

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New Orleans

97
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People in the North feared slaves would

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Take jobs away

98
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How did Stonewall Jackson die

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Accidentally shot by his own men

99
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Main Union general at Gettysburg

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General Meade

100
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Years of the Civil War

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1861-1865

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